ouster

IPA/ˈaʊstə(r)/
KK[ˈaʊstɚ]IPA/ˈaʊstər/

ouster — 名詞

  • oustersingular
  • oustersplural

1. a forced removal of a leader, executive, or official from their job, usually aft

1.名詞C1
釋義

罷免；逐出

強迫高位者下台的事件

a forced removal of a leader, executive, or official from their job, usually after a vote, scandal, or power struggle.

例句

The board's quiet ouster of the CEO surprised investors and shook the share price.

董事會悄悄罷免執行長一事讓投資人吃驚，也撼動了股價。

ouster of [person] — typical noun-of pattern

Andrés led the campaign that resulted in the prime minister's ouster last March.

Andrés 領導的運動促成了首相去年三月被逐出職位。

possessive + ouster — 'X's ouster'

常見搭配
  • sudden ouster
  • forced ouster
  • political ouster
  • the ouster of [leader]
  • [leader's] ouster from power
同義詞
  • removal

    broader; can be polite or neutral, while 'ouster' implies force or conflict.

  • overthrow

    stronger; usually political and often violent, whereas 'ouster' covers boardroom or institutional cases.

  • dismissal

    general firing from any job; lacks the dramatic, leadership connotation of 'ouster'.

  • expulsion

    throws someone out of a group, school, or country; not used for losing a top job.

反義詞
  • appointment

    the opposite event: placing someone into the position.

  • reinstatement

    returning someone to the position after they were removed.

文法句型

the ouster of [person]

ouster from [position]

用法筆記

Frequently appears in possessive or 'of'-noun frames: 'the CEO's ouster', 'the ouster of the chairman'. Subject is usually a person in a powerful role (CEO, leader, minister, executive), not a regular employee.

常見錯誤

The waiter's ouster from the restaurant was sudden.
The waiter's dismissal from the restaurant was sudden.
'ouster' applies to leaders or officials, not ordinary staff; use 'dismissal' or 'firing' instead.
She received an ouster letter yesterday.
She received a dismissal letter yesterday.
'ouster' is the event itself, not a document; it does not modify nouns like 'letter' or 'notice'.

2. in property law, the unlawful act by which one person keeps a co-owner, tenant,

2.名詞C2
釋義

強佔；逐離

在物權法上不當排除共有人或承租人

in property law, the unlawful act by which one person keeps a co-owner, tenant, or rightful holder away from land or a home they are entitled to use.

例句

Yara sued her brother for ouster after he changed the locks on their inherited house.

Yara 因哥哥更換了繼承房屋的門鎖，控告他強佔。

legal claim noun — 'sued for ouster'

The judge ruled that the locked gate amounted to an ouster of the other owner.

法官裁定，那道上鎖的大門等同於對另一名所有人的非法逐出。

ouster of [co-owner] — core legal frame

常見搭配
  • claim of ouster
  • ouster of a cotenant
  • wrongful ouster
同義詞
  • dispossession

    general loss of property; 'ouster' specifically names the wrongful exclusion of a co-owner.

  • eviction

    lawful removal of a tenant by a landlord with court backing; 'ouster' is the wrongful, no-process version.

文法句型

ouster of [co-owner/tenant]

用法筆記

Specialist property-law term; in everyday speech you would say 'kicked out' or 'shut out'. Distinguish from sense 1 (removal from a job): this sense is about land or housing, and the subject is usually a co-owner or landlord, not a board or government.

常見錯誤

The thief committed an ouster on the bicycle.
The thief committed theft of the bicycle.
'ouster' covers land or housing, not movable property like bikes or phones.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • ouster vote
  • ouster bid
  • ouster attempt

副詞搭配

常用片語

  • lead to the ouster of
  • call for the ouster of
  • survive an ouster attempt

介系詞搭配

  • from (a position)
  • of (the leader)